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Minutes of the Arden Hills Council Worksession, 11-20-89 ,Page 3 GAMBLING (Cont'd) Filla stated a new provision was passed in State Law which allows cities to require licensed organizations to contribute 10% of their net profits to a special fund to be administered by the . Council for public purposes; payments to the fund shall be made quarterly and records supporting the calculation of the payment must be submitted at the time of payment. He noted that cities can be more restrictive than State law by such methods as limiting the number of licensees, identifying places of operation, issue licenses only in connection with on-sale liquor licenses and limit the hours of operation. Council discussed the proposed ordinance by sections and concurred on the following: Section 5-1: Retain this section. Section 5-2: Retain this section. Section 5-3: Delete this section. Section 5-4: Direct staff to issue licenses on a calendar year basis, to begin in 1990. Section 5-5: Retain this section and add language which states the Council will not exempt or waive the waiting period for any gambling license applicant. Section 5-6: Retain this section. Section 5-7: Amend this section add language in the last sentence as follows: nState Gambling Control Boardll to identify records for submission. Section 5-8: Amend this section to restrict Class A licensees to operation at a single site and Class B licensees to operation at on-sale liquor license establishments. Section 5-9: Retain this section. . Section 5-10: Amend this section by deleting all language after the wording: " ...issued within the City" on the third line and add language which limits the number of licenses issued to nine, with six of the licenses to be Class A and the remainder of licenses to be Class B. Section 5-11: Delete this section. Section 5-12: Delete this section. Section 5-13: Delete this section. Section 5-14: Attorney to specify in this section the types of reports to be required after conferring with the State Gambling Board. Section 5-15: Retain this section. Section 5-16: Amend this section to require all organizations licensed in the City to submit a quarterly record of their net profits effective January 1, 1990 and Council will review the records to determine if a provision to impose the Local Gambling Tax will be included in the ordinance in 1991. Section 5-17: Retain this section. Section 5-18: Retain this section. Council suggested a section be added which states: Violations of gambling regulations will be reason for non-renewal of licenses. Council directed the City Attorney to incorporate the revisions and draft the proposed Ordinance for review at the November 27 Regular Council Meeting. COUNCIL COMMENTS . FINANCE COMMITTEE Councilmember Malone requested two oaths of office be sent to him prior to the Finance Committee meeting.